Lake County approves $4.07 million amendment for South Main/Soda Bay corridor final design and right-of-way work

LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to approve Amendment 8 to the county’s agreement with Consor (formerly Quincy Engineering) for final design and right-of-way services on the South Main Street and Soda Bay Road corridor improvement project, authorizing an amount not to exceed $4,070,813.31, an increase of $549,600.

Interim Public Works Director Lars Ewing told the board the amendment adds final design, additional project management, utility coordination and pre-construction environmental services to Consor’s broad contract for the corridor. "If your board chooses to not move ahead with this amendment, we would not be able to complete the design portion of the project, which ... would mean we ... couldn't access the STIP funding," Ewing said during the meeting.

Ewing said the project team is working to meet deadlines required to secure State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) funding at the California Transportation Commission (CTC). He told supervisors the county currently has roughly $5.2 million programmed in…